Hi,
I just recently did a complete uninstall of my sims 3 game because I was having with my game meaning complete removal of all sims 3 program files, Registry keys and installation files. My question is how do I make sure the launcher patches in the right sequence? For example the patch level on the sims 3 into the future is only 1.62 How do I make sure the launcher doesn't go from 1.62 straight to 1.67 and make sure it patches in the correct order with each installation of the next expansion pack? I ran into the problem of my game being borked when I tried to use the incremental patch to go from 1.66 to 1.67. I downloaded the file by clicking the link in Sims Vip's patches section. I know it was the official one because they state quite plainly on there website that they linked to the official patched hosted on Ea's servers I have used the incremental patch linked by sims Vip to go from 1.63 to 1.66 and patch worked swimmingly, but when I tried to do the same to go from 1.66 to 1.67 the patching got to 98% complete and then I got and error message. which thereby borked my game and made it unplayable without a complete uninstall/reinstall. The reason I did not use the launcher directly is because I was afraid it would jump from 1.66 to 1.69 and that goofy sims 3 download manager which I don't want! I haven't started the reinstall process yet and and I don't want to make the same mistakes I made that led to the borking in the first place! I also have access to the download version in my games library, so my other question is: Iss the patching process less tempermental if you use the download version instead pf installing from disks? Any help that anyone could provide would be very much appreciated because I miss playing sims 3 something awful!
Thanks!
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The launcher has always been unreliable with patching, but that's especially true when you're trying to go from an early base game disc version to 1.67 in one fell swoop. The best practice is to install the base game only, run the Super Patch, install your packs, and run the Super Patch again, just to be thorough. In fact, if you really want to make sure Origin doesn't interfere, here's the most effective way:
Or you could pull the plug on your router. It doesn't really matter how you're cutting off internet access; the point is to make sure that nothing EA-related downloads behind your back.
Safe mode is useful for what it does, but it can also be more trouble than it's worth. The one time I used it, everything was laggy enough to give me a headache.
But I agree that it shouldn't, in an otherwise perfect world (HA!), be necessary to do that to negotiate a non-Origin install.
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